A DRIVER has captured the heart-stopping footage of another motorist wedged beneath a truck and dragged along a busy US highway.

Brian Steimke, of Hesperia, California, posted video of the incident on his Facebook page on Wednesday, showing a four-door Nissan Maxima being pulled by a big rig on California’s Interstate 15, near Cajon Pass, New York Post reports.

The terrified driver calls out to Mr Steimke. Picture: FacebookSource:Supplied

“They’re dragging the car, they don’t know what’s going on here,” Mr Steimke said on the video, which has been viewed more than nearly five million times. “Look at that — that’s on the freeway going up the Cajon Pass. Oh my God.”

Mr Steimke then drives past the bewildered motorist, who is frantically waving for the trucker to stop as he looks directly into Mr Steimke’s camera, saying: “He’s not stopping!”

Mr Steimke then approaches the driver of the truck to inform him what he had apparently been missing for miles.

“Why were you driving so far?” he asks. “Dude, the guy’s on the end of your car.”

“I didn’t know it,” the trucker replies.

“What do you mean you didn’t know it, dude? He’s on your truck,” Mr Steimke said. “You need to get out of your truck right now. He’s literally on your truck.”

The trucker claimed to have no idea he was dragging the car. Picture: FacebookSource:Supplied

The driver of the Maxima told CBS Los Angeles he was a little sore but otherwise fine after the crash and happy to be home with his family. Both he and the truck driver asked not to be identified, the station reports.

The crash was not considered to be a criminal incident, California Highway Patrol officials told the station. Messages seeking additional comment were not immediately returned.

This story was originally published by New York Post and is reproduced here with their permission